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Patent GB-190107477-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safety Valve.
Inventor: WHITING PAUL
Filed: 1901-04-11
Granted: 1902-02-20
Abstract: 7477. Whiting, P. Sept. 12, A.D. 1900, [date applied for under Sec 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Safety-valves.-A safety-valve, especially adapted for use on railway air-brake systems, but applicable for use with steam or liquids, is shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The fluid-pressure pipe 3 is connected to a cylinder 1, and the fluid has free access in a conical cap 5 forming a seat for the valve 13, which is screwed to the piston 7. The valve and seat can be readily renewed. When the pressure on the piston is sufficient to raise the valve against the action of the adjustable coiled spring 18 on the stem 8, the fluid escapes through the valve, its hollow stem and passages 15, to slots 19 in the casing 9. The casing is surrounded with a rotatable sleeve 21, Fig. 3, which has a quadrilateral escape port 23, and is held by teeth 25 on its upper rim engaging with spring- pressed catches 29. The sleeve can be rotated until the inclined side of the port uncovers the slot to allow the required escape to take place. An audible alarm 42 on the cylinder is connected to the interior of the cylinder by a passage 39, the orifice to which is normally covered by the piston and is opened to the fluid pressure when the piston rises.
Patent GB-190114219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means and Apparatus for Operating and Controlling Telegraphic and other Apparatus or Mechanism from a Distance Without Wire or other like Connections.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG JAMES TARBOTTON
Filed: 1901-07-12
Granted: 1902-10-11
Abstract: 14,219. Armstrong, J. T.. and Orling, A. July 12. Wireless signalling.-Relates to arrangements for telegraphs and other signalling &c. by means of the combination of low battery power and high induction impulses when such impulses are put to earth at two or more points or without condensers and are collected at the receiving-station by means of earth-plates connected to telephonic apparatus acting either as such or as relay apparatus for telegraph &c. signalling. The Provisional Specification refers to one of the poles being connected to an aÙrial conductor, the other one being earthed. Figs. 1 and 2 show the simplest form of transmitting and receiving with the double grounding j, k, jx, k<x>. Various arrangements of the apparatus are described, including enclosing the contact din a high vacuum, inserting the armature between two inductance coils so as to produce a vibratory current, and means for producing syntonic selective working by adjustably mounting the armature and contacts. The coil c may be also double-wound, or may be duplicated &c. Fig. 10 shows an arrangement by which the microtelephonic receiver q, s acts on a telephone v to influence a sensitive flame for the purpose of varying the circuit 1 of the relay 3. The flame may be arranged in a resonant tube so as to respond only to one predetermined note, or two flames and circuits may be employed, one tuned and the other responding to all notes.
Patent GB-190117197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Control of the Temperature, Volume, and Duration of Flame or Combustion, chiefly applicable to the Calcining of Lime and the like
Inventor: ELDRED BYRON E
Filed: 1901-08-27
Granted: 1902-04-17
Abstract: 17,197. Eldred, B. E. Aug. 27. Gases, inert or neutral, supplying.-To enable the temperature, volume, and duration of flame or combustion to be controlled, the air supplied under forced draught to a furnace or kiln is diluted with a neutral gas. The invention is described in connection with a lime or cement kiln. The air supplied by the fan 12 is diluted with carbonicacid gas and products of combustion withdrawn from the kiln by the pipe 10, air being admitted at 22. An additional supply of air is delivered by the fan 27 to the furnace bridge at 25. The material in the kiln acts as an accumulator of heat, and maintains the ignition temperature, the combustion being retarded and taking place over a greater space within the kiln.
Patent GB-190117380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Portable Vice Stands.
Inventor: BURTON PEARSON
Filed: 1901-08-30
Granted: 1901-10-12
Abstract: 17,380. Burton, P. Aug. 30. Benches, work.- A portable stand or bench for a vice is fitted with trays C, F and a tool rack F<1>, as well as with the usual drawer D. The top, the trays, and the rack have slightly turned-up edges.
Patent GB-190117434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Burning of Fuel and to Furnaces and like Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: FENNER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1901-08-30
Granted: 1902-08-30
Abstract: 17,434. Fenner, W. H. Aug. 30. Drawings to Specification. Feedwater, heating. - A separate, removable furnace burning powdered fuel is jacketed to serve as a feedwater heater.
Patent GB-190121440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Pedals and Hubs for Cycles and the like
Inventor: AUSTIN ALFRED THOMAS
Filed: 1901-10-25
Granted: 1902-10-16
Abstract: 21,440. Austin, A. T. Oct. 25. Hubs.-Relates to means for securing ball-bearing cups and end-plates or spoke flanges to pedals or hubs. In the application to a pedal, shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the end-plate B is fitted over a tapered surface a<3>, Fig. 2, pressed in the enlarged end of the barrel A, and the barrel is then expanded at the end a<4> by forcing the bearing-cup C into, its end, as shown in Fig. 3. The inclined surfaces a<3> may be replaced by a shoulder pressed on the hub. According to the Provisional Specification, hardened steel cups are inserted in the enlarged and tapered ends of the barrel, and the end-plates are then forced on the tapered surfaces, and are secured by turning the ends of the barrel outwards.
Patent GB-190122849-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chrome-tanning Process
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-11-12
Granted: 1902-11-12
Abstract: 22,849. Thompson, W. P., [W³nsch, A.. Herkommer & Bangerter, and Oesinger & Co., A.]. Nov. 12. Tanning.-A chrome extract for tanning purposes is obtained by completely precipitating chrome alum with an alkaline carbonate, and dissolving the precipitate of basic chromium oxycarbonate in a further quantity of the chrome alum solution. The product may be concentrated by evaporation. Carbonic acid and alkaline sulphates are obtained as bye-products. The extract may be employed in the single-bath tanning process, and is also useful for washing out the free acid from leather tanned by the double-bath process.
Patent GB-190124789-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Metal Wedge for Windows and like Purposes.
Inventor: WATTS CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 24,789. watts, C. J. Dec. 5. Wedges.-The wedges are for preventing the shaking of windows, for holding sashes apart for ventilation, and for fastening bedroom doors &c. They are made of metal of rounded or angular section as shown. The edges may be flanged as shown at b. Advertisements may be placed on these wedges.
Patent GB-190209178-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Magnetic Compasses.
Inventor: LILLEY GEORGE CHARLES
Filed: 1902-04-21
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 9178. Lilley, G. C. April 21. Compasses, magnetic.-The compass card is mounted upon a needle D upon a hollow central stem A with branches F upon which incandescent lamps G are mounted to illuminate, through a transparent plate H, the outer annulus of the compass card. Ventilation is secured by a 'series of poles in the inner and outer bowls connected by tubes. The lamp may be mounted in the hollow stem, or below the inner bowl.
Patent GB-190211005-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Exhausting the Air from Cans and other Receptacles Adapted to be Hermetically Closed.
Inventor: CATES WILLIAM EDWARD WATTS
Filed: 1902-05-13
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 11,005. Cates, W. E. W. May 13. Exhausting.-Cans &c. to be exhausted are placed under a receiver a, held down by lugs e<4> and provided with a plunger c<4> for pressing the lid on to the exhausted can, and a valve c' and hollow spindle c for the admission of air after the lid is closed. The receiver a is connected to a pump x with valves x<3>, z<1>.
Patent GB-190213667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Belts and Chains for the Transmission of Power.
Inventor: BUNDY ALFRED HERBERT
Filed: 1902-06-16
Granted: 1903-06-16
Abstract: 13,667. Bundy, A. H. June 16. Driving and like chains.-Relates to chain gearing for the transmission of power and particularly for cycles, motor cycles, and motor vehicles, the chain or chain belt being noiseless and being driven or driving by friction or by gearing with toothed wheels. In one arrangement, the links a, b, Figs. 1 and 2, of a roller chain, are stamped from sheet steel and are connected by pins e and bushes c, between which are placed pads d of leather or similar material projecting above and below, or only below the links, and made of one or two pieces d<1>, d<2>. The chain-wheel i, Fig. 4, has lateral flanges h, to support the connecting-links b of the chain to prevent jamming of the pads.
Patent GB-190217661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering Devices for Airships and Submarine Boats.
Inventor: RAFFAELE RONCO
Filed: 1902-08-12
Abstract: 17,661. Ronco, R. Aug. 12, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, A.D. 1901.] Steering submarine boats.-A rudder B, Fig. 3, is pivoted to a ring D at one end of a tube A through which a current passes. The ring may be adjusted about the axis of the tube, and the tube may be pivoted to a vessel and inclined in any direction. Fig. 9 shows a submarine boat with one horizontal and two vertical tubes.
Patent GB-190219095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Pulley Blocks
Inventor: BEKEN FRITZ
Filed: 1902-08-30
Granted: 1903-07-16
Abstract: 19,095. Beken, F. Aug. 30. Pulley-blocks ; winding-drums.-Relates to pulleyblocks of the kind in which the rope which passes round the pulley is attached by its ends to a drum or drums, on which it is wound and unwound to raise and lower the pulley. The rotation of the drum is automatically stopped before the rope is completely uncoiled, by means of a hook h pivoted to the rope-guiding slide f, and adapted to enter a slot in the bearing k of the worm shaft and engage a shoulder j in the shaft. The edge of the slot takes the pressure of the shoulder and relieves the slide f of strain.
Patent GB-190226973-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Potato Digger and Harvester.
Inventor: MOTE FRANCIS FORDHAM
Filed: 1902-12-06
Granted: 1903-12-05
Abstract: 26,973. Mote, F. F., and Bath, W. B. Dec. 6. Drawings to Specification. Felloes or rims; spokes; hubs.-The travelling wheels of a potato digger of special construction are formed with two rims connected together by U-shaped pieces, into which the outer ends of the spokes are screwed. The inner ends of the spokes are cranked and fit into recesses formed in castings which constitute the hub of the wheel. The space between the two rims serves for the reception of detachable grip-pieces.
Patent GB-190227987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Military and other Caps.
Inventor: STONE PHILIP
Filed: 1902-12-18
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 27,987. Stone, P. Dec. 18. Caps; collapsable.-The front of the crown A, Fig. 1, of a military or other cap is supported by an arm a pivoted to a bracket b on the crown wire c. The end of the arm a carries a stud a<1> which engages a recess d' in the plate d secured to the band portion B. When the cap is to be packed, the arm a is arranged horizontally, the front of the crown collapsing to the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. In a modification, the arm a is held by means of a plate d<0>, Fig. 4, secured to the band portion B, and preferably formed with a depression d<00> and a locking- plate d<x>, pivoted to the plate d<0> and having a notch d<xx> coinciding with the depression d<00>. The locking-plate secures the arm a when turned about its pivot d<2>. In a further modification, the bracket b<1> may be attached in the band portion and the securing device for the arm a in the full portion of the crown.
Patent GB-190228046-A (GB)
Title: Improved Attachment, of Buckets to Elevator Bands.
Inventor: SCHOLTZ CONRAD
Filed: 1902-12-19
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 28,046. Scholtz, C. Dec. 19. Elevators.-A connection between the buckets and belt of an elevator comprises a curved recess e in the bucket, into which the belt is drawn by a bolt having a head of corresponding shape. Severe bending of the belt is thus prevented and ample contact between the belt and pulley secured.
Patent GB-190301119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Automatic Holders for Blind Cords.
Inventor: MUNDIN LEWIS BERNARD
Filed: 1903-01-16
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 1119. Mundin, L. B. Jan. 16. Cleats or holders; couplings. - Re - lates to cleats and couplings for window blind cords. A serrated quadrant F is pivoted at E in a casing C. By pulling the cord in a vertical direction, it is readily released, and, by pulling it forward, as shown in Fig. 3, it engages the quadrant and draws it along into the gripping position shown in Fig. 4. Two or more cords for venetian blinds are coupled together by means of notched discs J, K having countersunk and threaded holes M, L, with which engages a screw N. By loosening the screw, the coupling can readily be adjusted if one cord stretches more than another.
Patent GB-190302267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Gas for Heating and Illuminating Purposes.
Inventor: STACEY JOHN FRANKLIN
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 2267. Stacey, J. F., and Matthews, T. E. Jan. 30. Gas manufacture, processes for.-From 6 to 9 per cent. of heated air is added to ordinary bituminous coal gas. The casing 1 contains a number of parallel perforated plates 2 reaching from side to side and from the top nearly to the bottom. Gas, directly it leaves the retorts and while at a temperature of from 200‹ to 205‹ F., enters the receptacle through a tube 3 at one end. The tube 3 also receives through a branch tube 7 the desired amount of air, which is measured by a meter 6, and heated, if desired, by a gas burner. The gas and air become mixed in the chamber, tar and other impurities being deposited, and escape through the tube 4. The gas mixture is a fixed gas free from any tendency to deposit naphthalene, and of a candle power equal to that of ordinary coal gas. The tar overflows through tubes 5. The vesssel 1 is maintained under a vacuum of about 2¢ inches of water at the outlet.
Patent GB-190314650-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Roll Films.
Inventor: SCHEFFER WILHELM
Filed: 1903-07-01
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 14,650. Scheffer, W. July 1. Developing ; trays and dishes.-A film to be developed is placed in the drum b and is drawn down the tube c, which extends beneath the surface of the developing solution in the tray a. The drum b may be clamped to the dish by a spring d, or may be permanently connected with it. The spring e guides the film and prevents the roller from overrunning. The apparatus is particularly suitable for use in connection with the " Coxin" treatment described in Specification No. 3023, A.D. 1902.
Patent GB-190316229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Connection of Parts of certain kinds of Fasteners to various Articles
Inventor: EDKINS WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1903-07-23
Granted: 1904-04-14
Abstract: 16,229. Edkins, W. J. July 23. Stamping; riveting.-Relates to methods of making and attaching the stud parts of stud-andsocket and other fastenings for gloves, boots, shoes, leggings, belts, wearing-apparel, purses, pocket books, &c. A chilled shot or pellet of lead or other soft metal b is placed in the hollow head a<1> and is pressed and expanded by a punch to the shape shown in Fig. 9. The material f of the glove &c. is then placed on the base a' of the head a', and the eyelet c<2> is inserted by the punch shown in Fig. 9. The flared end C<3> expands within the head a<1>, and the material f is gripped between the flanges a', c', as shown in Fig. 4. The die d consists of two hinged parts d', d'.
Patent GB-190317051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Skirt-holders
Inventor: ENGLE STEPHEN D
Filed: 1903-08-05
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 17,051. Engle, S. D. Aug. 7, A.D. 1902, [date. applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Suspenders for articles of dress.-The dress suspender, Figs. 2 and 3, consists of a curved yieldable part 5 to which is pivoted a swinging part carrying a gripping-roller 7. The part 5 is preferably made of wire, and comprises side-pieces 5<a>, connected by a crosspiece 5<b> and having eyes 5<c> by which they are engaged with a pin 10. The swinging part is also made from wire, and comprises side-pieces 6<a> connected by a cross-piece 6<b> on which the roller 7 is mounted ; the pieces 6<a> have eyes 9 by which they are engaged with the pin 10. When the appliance is made of wire it is preferably covered with an ornamental face-plate 12. The part 5 is curved for the greater part of its length on a curve of less radius than the arc described by the roller 7 so that a wedging action is produced between the parts. The appliance is suspended from a waistbelt B or other part of the garment.
Patent GB-190320063-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Preparation of a Clear Solution of Casein.
Inventor: HORN AUGUST PAUL
Filed: 1903-09-17
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 20,063. Horn, A. P. Sept. 17. Casein.-To obtain a clear solution of casein, free from fatty bodies, to a 10-20 per cent. solution of commercial casein is added 7-8 per cent., relative to the dry casein, of caustic alkali. The whole is shaken for some time with ether, and then, after stirring, is run into a settling-tank. The clear solution of casein sinks to the bottom and may be drawn off.
Patent GB-190320286-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tightening Device for Trousers, Vests and other Garments.
Inventor: STRUEH AUGUST
Filed: 1903-09-21
Granted: 1903-10-29
Abstract: 20,286. Str³h, A. Sept. 21. Buckles.-For tightening trousers &c., two loops b, d are attached to the back as shown, and to the loop d is fastened one end of a belt a, as at a'. The other end of the belt is threaded between the bars c<1> of a slide c, then through the loop b, and finally fastened to the slide c as at a<2>. By moving the slide, the article to which it is attached is tightened.
Patent GB-190323148-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Cutting Strips of Cloth on the Bias.
Inventor: REARDON THOMAS B
Filed: 1903-10-26
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 23,148. Reardon, T. B. Oct. 27, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Scissors and shears.- A frame is fixed to a pair of shears to facilitate cutting cloth &c. on the bias. A slotted strip of metal 1 with measuring marks upon its face is flanged at one end, to which is fixed a strip 5 carrying a grooved clamp 6, in which the shear blade rests, being clamped by a screw 10. The cloth is laid over the strip 1 and under a parallel strip 20, the end of which is bent to pass under the strip 1, the edge of the cloth being against a slotted movable gauge plate 11, which is fixed with the piece 20 to the strip 1 by a nut 17 screwing on a bolt 16 on a piece under the strip 1 having upturned flanges which fit in the slots of the gauge-piece 11.
Patent GB-190325160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paving Blocks or Setts for use along the Rails of Tramways.
Inventor: WOLF JOHANN GUIDO
Filed: 1903-11-18
Granted: 1903-12-31
Abstract: 25,160. Wolf, J. G. Nov. 18. Paving tramways.-To prevent the blocks or setts adjacent to the rails of a tramway from being worn rapidly by the wheels of the road vehicles driven over or along the rails, their edges, which are placed next to the edges of the rails, are fitted with rounded or other angle-irons d, and the vertical faces of the blocks are bound with ties c to prevent them from collapsing. The angle-irons are riveted or otherwise secured to one or more of the ties c. The blocks are made of flints, rubble, or other stones a bound with cement mortar, cement beton, or concrete b. Other parts of the roadway are paved with similar blocks, which may be bound with ties c but are not fitted with the edging d. The whole is laid on, and connected by, a bed of beton or concrete.
Patent GB-190404310-A (GB)
Title: Perforating Machine for Producing Tune Sheets for Pianolas and the like.
Inventor: LORENZ OTHMAR
Filed: 1904-02-20
Granted: 1904-03-31
Abstract: 4310. Lorenz, O. Feb. 20. Automatic instruments.-A perforating-machine for producing tune-sheets for pianolas and the like is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The sheet 31 to be perforated is carried by the slide 21 which is adjusted for the perforation of a given note by the hand-wheel 30 and the musical scale 25. The wheels 15, and the indented wheels 16, 17 mounted in the forked lower end of a rod arranged to be raised and lowered in the guiding-head 5, automatically feed forward the paper or sheet. The perforating-tool 6 has a transverse groove and is actuated by the wheel 29 and eccentric mechanism The plan of the sheet is sketched on a transparent sheet or strip which is prepared in the apparatus shown in Figs. 6 and 8. This pattern sheet is wound on to the roller 41, being guided over the scale diagram 42 arranged in the guide 40 of the table-plate 37. If several tune-sheets are produced at once, the sheets and the pattern are held together by a clamping-device consisting of two hinged bars fastened together by a catch and having clamping-springs.
Patent GB-190405081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Furnace Tube Boilers of the Marine Type and to Steam Superheaters for the same.
Inventor: KETZER HERMANN
Filed: 1904-03-01
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 5081. Ketzer, H. June 26, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Steam-generator furnaces; dampers.-Relates to marine boilers in which the steam is also superheated. Fig. 1 shows the boiler, fitted with two flues a, b extending through the rear of the combustion chamber and of the boiler. The adjustable damper s in the lower flue regulates the draught and shields the lower superheating-tube u, connected to the steam chest q, from the direct action of the flames.
Patent GB-190405763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Ornamentation of Plaited Narrow Fabrics.
Inventor: GEBUEHR CARL
Filed: 1904-03-09
Granted: 1905-01-05
Abstract: 5763. Geb³hr, C. March 9. Braid.-Relates to narrow braids having embroidery-like ornamentation. Instead of using special threads for forming the pattern, some of the usual threads a, b are floated on one side as shown. When not forming a floated pattern, the right and left oblique pattern threads interweave with the remaining threads to form the ground c.
Patent GB-190406792-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Preliminary Treatment for Electric Accumulator Plates.
Inventor: LEITNER HENRY
Filed: 1904-03-21
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 6792. Leitner, H. March 21. Secondary batteries.-Consists of a preliminary treatment of lead plates which are afterwards formed by the PlantÚ process. The plates are treated as anodes in a very dilute sulphate solution containing mere traces of substances capable of forming soluble lead compounds, such as sodiumsulphate solution containing traces of chlorides. The current density should be as great as possible, enough to raise the temperature of the electrolyte to 75-85 F., but not higher. The electrolyte may be artificially cooled during the passage of the current to increase the rapidity of the process. The plates are then washed in running water, and reduced by being made the cathode in an electrolyte such as dilute sulphuric acid. After remaining in water for some time, the finely-divided surface layer is oxidized by means of warm, dry air. The plates may then be '' formed" as usual, three or four discharges giving the full capacity. They are more especially adapted for use as positives.